This movie has been on my watchlist for some time now, and I was afraid I wouldn’t get to see it in theatres, since it’s 1. a documentary, which means it already has a limited release, and 2. that it’s not a huge, well-known doc right now, like The Queen of Versaiiles or Ai Weiwei. I was pleasantly surprised to see on the Van City Theatre’s site a week ago that it was indeed coming to town, and quickly noted down the showtimes.
Well, I finally saw it tonight, and wow. I’ve seen two documentaries on the AIDS Crisis this year alone, and this one is by far the best, and the most emotionally moving. Needless to say, I cried at a few parts in the film, and had to restrain myself from downright sobbing in my seat when activists dumped their loved ones’ ashes on the lawns in front of the White House in protest. Just watching the trailer makes me tear up.
I really hope this film gets nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary. It’s so well put together and so devastating. It’s just one of those films that you wish everyone would — no, must — watch to understand.
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